bush
英 [bʊʃ]
- n. 灌木；矮树丛
- vt. 以灌木装饰；使…精疲力竭
- vi. 丛生；浓密地生长
- adj. 如灌木般长得低矮的；粗野的
词态变化
复数: bushes;
中文词源
bush 灌木
词源不确定。可能来自PIE *bheue, 存在，生长，居住。词源同be. 指灌木顽强的生命力。
英英释意
- 1. a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
- 2. a large wilderness area
- 3. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- 4. hair growing in the pubic area
英文词源
- bush
- bush: [13] Bush comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *busk-, which also produced German busch ‘bush’. There is no actual record of the word in Old English, but it probably existed as *bysc. The Germanic base was also borrowed into the Romance languages, where in French it eventually produced bois ‘wood’. A diminutive form of this gave English bouquet [18], while a variant bosc may have been at least partly responsible for the now archaic English bosky ‘wooded’ [16]. A derived Vulgar Latin verb *imboscāre gave English ambush.
=> ambush, bouquet, oboe - bush (n.)
- "many-stemmed woody plant," Old English bysc, from West Germanic *busk "bush, thicket" (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German busc, Dutch bosch, bos, German Busch). Influenced by or combined with cognate words from Scandinavian (such as Old Norse buskr, Danish busk, but this might be from West Germanic) and Old French (busche "firewood," apparently of Frankish origin), and also perhaps Anglo-Latin bosca "firewood," from Medieval Latin busca (whence Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, French bois), which apparently also was borrowed from West Germanic; compare Boise.
In British American colonies, applied from 1650s to the uncleared districts, hence "country," as opposed to town (1780); probably originally from Dutch bosch in the same sense, because it seems to appear first in English in former Dutch colonies. Meaning "pubic hair" (especially of a woman) is from 1745. To beat the bushes (mid-15c.) is a way to rouse birds so that they fly into the net which others are holding, which originally was the same thing as beating around the bush (see beat (v.)).
考试真题
- The rows of tea bushes are straight.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- Mr.Kibara and hundreds of other farmers have been removing some of their tea bushes and planting a new kind of tea developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- All appears to be well, but the farmers who planted the bushes are worried.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- There was nothing but just green bushes and these steps.
2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文
- Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos.
2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- Bush all had offices in this building before becoming president.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
词组搭配
beat about the bush
见 beat
beat the bushes
go bush
(Austral.)leave one's usual surroundings; run wild
(澳)离开原住所；野化
实用场景例句
- a rose bush
- 玫瑰丛
牛津词典
- holly bushes
- 冬青树丛
牛津词典
- Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.
- 树和灌木丛一直长到了水边。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours...
- 他们花了36个小时穿过茂密的莫桑比克丛林。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The jeep was found lying in thick bush.
- 人们发现吉普车翻倒在一处茂密的丛林里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?
- 别再拐弯抹角了，他到底干了什么？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If there's anything you want to say, don't beat about the bush and just say it out.
- 有什么话就直说吧! 别兜圈子了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Don't beat around the bush, come straight to the point!
- 别拐弯抹角, 直截了当地说吧!
《简明英汉词典》
- This bush has grown up a lot in the last few months.
- 这矮树丛几个月来已向上长高了很多.
《简明英汉词典》
- He didn't beat about the bush, but came straight to the heart of the problem.
- 他单刀直入, 一下子指出了问题的要害.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Please get to the point. Don't beat about the bush.
- 请直说吧,不必拐弯抹角!
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Don't beat about the bush. Please come to the point.
- 说话不要绕圈子,请直说吧.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Don't beat about the bush when you have anything to say.
- 说话别兜圈子.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Being lost in the bush is very dangerous.
- 在丛林中迷了路是很危险的.
《简明英汉词典》
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- 一鸟在手,胜于二鸟在林.
《简明英汉词典》
- Mr. Bush has entered and hosted the White House.
- 布什先生入主白宫.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The bush was planted late in the season.
- 这灌木是在这个季节末期才栽种的.
《简明英汉词典》
- Kehr cut off some flowers from the bush.
- 凯尔从树丛中剪下一些花.
《简明英汉词典》
- Bush has racked up victories in another five states.
- 布什在另外五个州又获得了胜利.
《简明英汉词典》
- " To see every bush and tree on Mount Bagong as an enemy soldier " is an example of misconception.
- “ 八公山上,草木皆兵 ”,是错觉之一例.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I wish you'd stop beating about the bush and tell me what you really want.
- 我希望你不要转弯抹角,快告诉我你到底想要什么.
《简明英汉词典》
- Speak frankly and don't beat about the bush.
- 有话直说,别打圈子.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He beat about the bush without coming to the point.
- 他转弯抹角不说正题.
《简明英汉词典》
- He would not answer yes or no, but beat about [ around ] the bush.
- 他不愿意直接回答, 而是兜圈子.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Her horse shied violently at a gorse bush.
- 金雀花丛把她的马惊得猛然后退.
《简明英汉词典》
- The bush telegraph tells me you're likely to become our new president, John.
- 约翰,我从非官方消息得知,你可能会当选为我们的新校长.
《简明英汉词典》
- Get straight to the point. Don't beat about the bush.
- 有话直说,别 跟 我捉迷藏.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Luckily a bush broke his fall.
- 幸运的是,他掉下时有灌木挡了一下.
《简明英汉词典》